Saltwater Saints

What if the perfect murder wasn’t on land... but overboard? In Saltwater Saints, true crime podcaster Riley Cross boards the luxury cruise ship Elysium seeking respite from her investigative work. However, her plans for relaxation are upended when Lila Warren, a newlywed passenger, mysteriously disappears overboard. Sensing foul play, Riley delves into the ship’s underbelly, uncovering a clandestine cult among the crew that practices ritualistic sacrifices to the sea.

After surviving the twisted rituals of the Tidebound cult aboard the Elysium, Riley Cross thought she'd escaped the sea's grasp. But when whispers resurface-this time in her own voice recorder-and a long-dead journalist begins leaving her messages from beyond, Riley is pulled back into the current. Now aboard the Halcyon Mare, a cruise ship with a secret vessel buried in its belly, Riley discovers the cult isn't just alive-it's evolving. Below the passenger decks lies a floating cathedral sealed from time, where salt-formed saints rise and drowned names are rewritten.